Blueberry Coconut Milk Rice Desserts

Left over coconut rice can be used to make amazing desserts!! Two simple desserts are rice pudding and a Himalayan rice dessert called dresil. When the tea house near me closed, I had to recreate this wonderful dish. It can be made with any sort of sweet berry, coconut, butter, sugar and nut. I chose to add little cubes of cream cheese to give this rice pudding a blueberry cheesecake twist.

Rice Pudding:

• 1/2 cup steamed rice
  
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup vanilla soy milk or reg milk with vanilla extract
  
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup blueberries
• 3 tbsp cream cheese
  
• cinnamon to taste

Dresil:

• 1/2 cup steamed rice (prepare the rice with half water and half coconut milk)
  
• 1/8 cup melted butter
• 1/8 cup white sugar
  
• 1/4 cup dried coconut flakes
• 1/4 cup chopped toasted pistachios or cashews
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries or blueberries

Rice Pudding Directions:

• Prepare rice
• Mix all ingredients
• Bake until liquid absorbs into rice and creates a creamy glutinous texture
• Top with cinnamon

Dresil Directions:

• Prepare rice
• Melt butter and sugar
• Toast nuts in frying pan
• Coat nuts and dried fruit with butter/sugar
• Mix into steamed coconut rice
• Serve warm

Enjoy!